The new Irix 150mm f/2.8 MACRO 1:1 Dragonfly lens will begin shipping this week

By [NR] admin | Published: December 11, 2018


Irix US authorized dealers will begin shipping the new 150mm f/2.8 MACRO 1:1 Dragonfly full-frame DSLR lens by the end of this week.

Irix lenses are also sold at Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon IT.

Via PhotoRumors

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Kipon released MTF charts and sample photos from the new ELEGANT full-frame mirrorless lenses for Nikon Z-mount

By [NR] admin | Published: December 11, 2018


Kipon released the MTF charts and some sample photos from the new ELEGANT full-frame mirrorless lenses for Nikon Z-mount – below you will find the wide open (f/2.4) MTF charts for each of the new lenses:

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Nikon Z6/Z7 custom camera wrap

By [NR] admin | Published: December 11, 2018


A member of the Nikon Z6/Z7 Facebook group changed the appearance of his Nikon Z camera with this custom wrap (hopefully he will start selling it on eBay soon):

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Adobe Lightroom Classic CC 8.1 released with support for Nikon Z6

By [NR] admin | Published: December 11, 2018


A quick update to my post from yesterday – Adobe also released Lightroom Classic CC 8.1 with support for the Nikon Z6. See also the full list of newly supported cameras and lenses.

The latest Adobe CC plan rates can be found here (see also this page). You can get a free Lightroom CC trial on this page (no credit card required). More information on the different Lightroom versions is available here and here. The different Adobe Creative Cloud options are described here.

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Kipon announced 8 different Baveyes/focal reducers for Nikon Z-mount

By [NR] admin | Published: December 11, 2018



Back in October I reported that Kipon is working on new tilt-shift and focal reducer lines for the Nikon Z mirrorless system. Today Kipon announced 8 different models Baveyes/focal reducers for new Nikon Z-mount:

  • Baveyes Pentax645-Nikon Z 0.7x
  • Baveyes Pentax67-Nikon Z 0.7x
  • Baveyes MAMIYA645-Nikon Z 0.7x
  • Baveyes Hasselblad V-Nikon Z 0.7x
  • Baveyes Hasselblad V-EOS R 0.7x
  • Baveyes MAMIYA645-EOS R 0.7x
  • Baveyes Pentax67-EOS R 0.7x
  • Baveyes Pentax645-EOS R 0.7x

The new adapters are already listed for sale at Adorama, eBay and Amazon Japan (Amazon US should get them shortly).

Additional pictures, MTF charts and press release:

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Adobe Camera Raw released with Nikon Z6 support

By [NR] admin | Published: December 11, 2018


A new version of Adobe Camera Raw was released with support for the Nikon Z6 mirrorless camera (see the full list of supported cameras and lenses).

The current Adobe CC plan prices can be found here (see also this page). You can get a free Lightroom CC trial on this page (no credit card required). More information on the different Lightroom versions is available here and here. The different Adobe Creative Cloud options are described here.

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Sigma 40mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens now in stock, first reviews already online

By [NR] admin | Published: December 10, 2018


One more Sigma-related post today: the new Sigma 40mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens is already shipping and is currently in stock at B&H Photo (back-ordered at Adorama).

Most of the reviews available online are for the Canon version of the lens, but a reader sent me his review of the Nikon version. Here are some sample photos:

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